Chopin - 4 Impromptus - Nikita Magaloff

[@asyagazanchyan8940]

Из фб Karen Shushan Никита Дмитриевич Магалов (1912-1992) - выдающийся пианист со счастливой сценической судьбой, о котором уже в дни его юности говорили как о музыканте высочайшей одаренности. Его считают швейцарским музыкантом, поскольку большую часть жизни он прожил в этой стране, его исполнительскую манеру ассоциируют с французской исполнительской школой. Настоящая фамилия пианиста - Магалашвили. Он был выходцем из грузинского аристократического рода. Другом семьи был композитор Сергей Сергеевич Прокофьев, оказавший немалое влияние на творческое становление пианиста. Музыкальная одаренность Никиты проявилась рано. Одним из его наставников в искусстве фортепианной игры в детские годы был Александр Ильич Зилоти.

[@eduardovoussolinos3040]

I was a young boy studying piano and every time Magaloff came to Genova I went to his concerts. I had the pleasure to have the permission of my parents to go listen to the afternoon trials. Wonderful his complete opera of Chopin; He also played the two piano concerts of Liszt, "la campanella" one of the bis....perfect... To the present days for me he performs Chopin in the way I like the most !

[@marcorotondi7613]

Puro spirito Chopeniano nelle Tue mani, Maestro. Sentimento e passione, sempre però moderati e cristallini, perfettamente sintonici con lo spirito del Genio Polacco. Uno dei più grandi interpreti di tutti i tempi, come noto. Grazie Maestro Marco Rotondi

[@renatoterzo2111]

Grazie per aver postato e ricordato uno dei più grandi pianisti che fra l'altro ho avuto il privilegio di ascoltarlo dal vivo nella mia città una trentina di anni fa.

[@okwk1926]

Es admirable la síntesis que logra en la interpretación de lo que toca con maravillosa maestría. Gracias!

[@thomgeo8073]

Гениальный Красавец! Настоящая Любовь! Космическое Звучание! ❤

[@JoelDJohnson1986]

The F-Sharp major is my favorite impromptu of Chopin's. Thanks for sharing!

[@MrMarleyz]

Never knew that Chopin wrotes Impromptues, these pieces are a delight especially with Magaloff natural brilliance wich resonates perfectly with Chopin!

[@MrGer2295]

Beautiful piano playing ! Thank you for posting.

[@林柏辰-r9m]

a master owning his unique sound

[@kliberalsing]

Such warmth and clarity. This is gold.

[@MrNimblefingers36]

This is fascinating playing. (Excuse the humor - we need more of it - but I'll bet people argued over the virtues of this playing in its day the way we do nowadays about Streisand or cilantro). I can hear many pianists fault its too-often fragmentation and lack of long line idea but the sound is so stirring that I can't help but love it. His love and playing of the G flat, a much neglected work I think, is exemplary, not one ounce of "show off" and in the B sections of both that and the op. posth the short but frequently appearing alto counter melodies do open the ears to new things. Very interesting, but maybe not so effective for me, is the Largo bridge of the op posth that maintains the LH as eighths rather than establishing sextuplets if played in cut time (and it's not cut time in the Paderewski edition I have) so those two measures seem to have their own exclusive tempo. Hopefully these comments are balanced and discerning. Full of interesting questions this playing and I'll certainly come back and listen to more of him. Thanks for offering it up pianushko.

[@dusanss39]

Very fine playing!

[@ewaldsteyn469]

A more beautiful set of Chopin's impromptus does not exist.

[@dusanss39]

Forgot Schubert?

[@ewaldsteyn469]

@@dusanss39 We are not talking here about Schubert's magnificent Impromptus, but instead about great recordings of Chopin's, of which this set of recordings my Magalov in my view is unsurpassed..

[@thomgeo8073]

ღვთითმოვლენილი მუსიკოსი ❤❤❤

[@renatoterzo2111]

Oltre alle incisioni chopiniane che insieme ad Askenazy e Rubinstein rimarranno intramontabili, a cominciare da questi improvvisi. Un caro saluto.

[@thecatsman]

It's hard to know how this playing could be bettered. If you are ever in your life able to become familiar with music and playing like this you will see the depth of expression shown in weight, timing, and phrasing of notes. There is little enough extreme speed to add to the meaning of passages that can be understood (and not just a blur of virtuoso). Piano is becoming a circus act - driven by circus audiences no doubt.

[@vannigio27]

Conosciuto di persona a casa della mia insegnante di pianoforte.

[@robert-skibelo]

Beautiful performances. Since you've got nothing for us to look at, it would have nice if you'd given us the score.